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A LIFE SITUATION
Peter has been HR Manager for 18years and vice president for 2 more years for Zyedego Corporation, a small company in New Orleans.
ISSUES
After hurricane Katrina employees had been working round the clock to get the company up and running
The company has been calling former employees to rehire them
Gwyn the current manger is planning to rehire Dana Gonzales but she’s pregnant. He is concerned for her safety coz of the rough condition of the workplace. Incase Dana is rehired Gwyn feels that her wages should be reduced by 25% - coz the entire group has exceeded their budget.
But Dana says that if she’s not rehired she’ll go to a competitor and the company should pay her severance of 2 weeks wages
Gwyn is also concerned that Dana may not be a full US citizen coz her documents appeated to be fake. The flood destroyed the original documents and although Gwyn has requested new ones Dana has been slow to provide them.
Hiring of track drivers
The company hires track drivers and routinely request for driving records as part of the pre employment process. Several have DWI (Driving under the Influence) records though all of them happened 5 years ago.
Gwyn has been hiring drivers with infractions including DWI to serve the number of drivers needed.
She wonders whether she is creating a potential risk for the company if any of them is involved in an accident that relates to a potential violation
Peter feels Gwyn needs guidance with hiring practices
Peter...

...Management Literature Review
“During the 1980s the concept of corporate culture captured the imagination of management researchers and practitioners alike. In particular, Peters and Waterman’s (1982) book entitled In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies proclaimed that the key to corporate success was a strongly unified corporate culture.” Wilson (1996:87)
Corporate culture has always been a part of every business since it was first introduced in the 1980’s. It doesn’t matter if it’s a small business or a massive company, corporate culture will always have an involvement. Corporate culture is very hard to define as one particular meaning, due to the various areas it covers. Glaser (1991:6) stated “...the folk definition of corporate culture as: "The way we do things around here", makes a great deal of sense. It becomes possible to point to a behaviour and say: "That's not the IBM way — but this is", and be understood with relative precision.” This helps to understand what the corporate culture of a business is. It is the beliefs, the expectations, the guidelines, the company and its employee’s understanding of how the company and its employees should behave, individually and as a whole, internally and externally. “While corporate culture is an intangible concept, it clearly plays a meaningful role in corporations,...

...Critical book review:
Christopher Lasch (1991)
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Expectations
The culture of narcissism was widely recognised as a socio-cultural critique of American society when published in 1979. Written by Christopher Lasch, the book analyzes a social phenomenon identified by Christopher Lasch as ‘cultural narcissism’, a process by which certain attributes of the pathological branch of narcissism (Bocock, 2002) become societal characteristics (Lasch, 1991). This review will be analyzing the relevance of the book within wider sociological debate. I will argue that although the book identifies a recognisable social trend it fails to deomonstrate a specific cause or reason for that trend. The author proclaims that the causes of narcissism are the decline in the family and fetishism of commodities (Lasch). I will go on to argue that capitalism is the main cause of narcissism and that Lasch fails to diagnose the problem by focusing on superficial aspects of it rather than the root cause. I will also argue that by analyzing the causes of the problem superficially the author only suggest superficial and erroneous solutions.
Books Core Argument
The culture of narcissism is inspired by Sigmund Freud's theory of pathological narcissism. There are obvious similarities between both thesis, but they also differ in that for Freud it was a pathological illness...

...﻿Indigenous Culture Website Reviews
Name:
Date:
Course: HUM130
Instructor: Chad Schuchmann
Question
Response
Website #1 URL:
https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/indigenoustraditions/sacred-lands/3483-2/
Name of Indigenous culture/religion presented in Web site
Indigenous People of Arctic Russia
What is the main purpose of the website you found?
The main purpose of the article was to educate about the people of Arctic Russia. It goes into detail about the oppression of the people and the plan to erase the culture that they hold as an important part of their lifestyle. It also explains the current events that are happening between the state and the indigenous people.
What roles and observances are sacred to this indigenous group?
The roles that are sacred are the shamans and the sacred sites within the environment that they are located.
How, if at all, has the culture or religion of this group changed or evolved over time?
Throughout the years, the culture has suffered many ups and downs. The loss of the traditions was beginning to happen due to the interference of people not native to the land or the tribe settling in the area. The state also passed laws and in result has taken land and other resources from them. Currently efforts are being taken to re-energize the resources that were taken from the indigenous people and save some of the resources were...

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Book Review
Aaron Forshey
Crim 103
11/26/12
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The book The Culture of Control is written by David Garland in 2001. The Culture of Control is a study about the social, economic, and political force that gives rise to the current culture of crime in the U.S.
Crime control changes of the last twenty years or so were determined not just criminological consideration but also by historical forces that transformed social and economic life in the second half of the twentieth century (Garland, 2001, pg 75). Four our purposes it is useful to distinguish two sets of transformative forces (Garland, 2001, pg 75). These purposes include the social and economic, and culture changes the distinctiveness of late modernity that is experienced to a greater or lesser degree by all Western industrialized democracies after WW II and which became most marked from the 1960’s (Garland, 2001, pg 75). Another purpose is the political realignments and policy initiatives that developed in response to these changes and in reaction to the alleged crisis of the welfare state (Garland, 2001, pg 75).
The late modernity refers to the large scale of the social changes that have occurred during the last half of the twentieth century (Garland, 2001, pg 75). This era is described as a distinct phase of history, and refers to several discrete trends that developed, the advances in knowledge and the changing dynamics of...

...school district created local history materials based on the event. Afterwards the Lewis County Historical Museum celebrated the 75th anniversary in 1994 with an exhibit. Even today members of the community have ties to the massacre. Lewis County: Hope and Struggle mentioned how one of the people involved with the mural, Bill Henry, was the great-grandson of one of the jurors who sentenced eight Wobblies to prison for fifteen to eighteen years and later recanted their belief that the Wobblies were guilty. Overall I believe the mural does a far superior job of honoring the day in history.
While walking around downtown Centralia, one cannot help but notice the overabundance of antique malls and shops. It’s like Centralia is preserving its culture through this constantly churning machine of goods that hearken to times of yore. I felt as if Centralia was stuck in the past and having a difficult time revitalizing itself to attract more people. I spent a little bit of time researching retirement in Centralia and it seems a large percentage of people who live there are retirees or senior citizens. The downtown doesn’t seem to cater so much to any sort of younger crowd as it does to collectors and possible tourists passing through. The mall along I-5 is a good start but ultimately doesn’t provide a sustainable drive for the younger crowd. The roller rink was also a plus. Centralia College is also a huge positive and a jump off point; one of my roommates last year...

...should be an unforgettable and rewarding experience. So, this essay would argues the international experience, career aspirations and graduate employability for students who study abroad and try to find out the connection between cross culture and these three factors.
This paper will be divided into three parts. The first part is about the international experience and it will include the advantages and disadvantages of the international experience for international students and also give personal examples of international experience in both benefits and barrier sides. The second part is about the motivation of career aspirations, giving the example that I changed my career plan after the international study. Lastly, graduate employability will be discussed, along with employability in hospitality and tourism in China, giving some personal examples about this part.
Over the last century, the number of students who attend universities in other countries has continually increased (NAFSA, 2008). When talking about the motivations for studying abroad, Nyaupane and Paris (2011, p.205-217) state that learning other languages and studying in a university where students could interact with international students and learn about the local countries and cultures are the main factors. With economic development, more and more students choose to study in abroad to enhance their international experience and learn other languages. Personally, I chose to...

...Running head: CLC REVIEW
Article Review of Organizational Culture in the Public Sector: Evidence from Six Organizations
Team Orange
Grand Canyon University
“Organizational Culture in the Public Sector: Evidence from Six Organizations” by Rachel Parker and Lisa Bradley researches changing culture by looking at six departments in the Australian Queensland public sector. They surmised that changing organizational culture is difficult when norms and values are ingrained in an organization. Management support for the culture change is not enough to ensure a change. It was not expected that the hierarchical model would be dominant given the previous attempt to change the culture. The altruistic values of those surveyed indicated they are committed to social development and public interests and are most comfortable with a hierarchical dominate culture.
The sample size of 530 participants obtained from the Public Sector Directory was an adequate size. All of the executives in the directory were included in the survey, which suggests a less than random selection process for the final candidates. However, the six varied departments selected represented central coordination, infrastructure provision and social services. Although an almost two to one ratio of male to female employee responses...